Join MeriTalk's Cyber Security Exchange for the fourth annual Cyber Security Brainstorm on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. From insider threats to legacy security gaps to financial crimes and everything in between – it's no longer "if", but "when" in the government cyber incident arena. Government and partners across industry and academia are looking to improve collective c...

Close to 600 government financial professionals and their counterparts in the private sector will convene to discuss fraud detection, data analytics, cyber security, improper payments and enterprise risk management. A sampling of sessions include: “Proactive Use of Data Analytics in Audits, Fraud Prevention and Detection,” addressing how to identify high-risk transactions and initiate investigations, ultimately reducing fraud, wast...

The 2015 Cybersecurity Innovation Forum is a three-day event hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and planned with the National Security Agency, and the Department of Homeland Security. This event brings government and industry together to focus on current, emerging, and future challenges, technologies, projects, solutions, and research in trusted computing, security automation, and information sharing. The technical p...

Cybersecurity Training Washington DC Make your plans now to attend SANS Capital City 2015 this July and use what you learn in the classroom as soon as you return to the office. Choose from our outstanding offering of courses. We know that training and travel budgets are tight, so we are offering courses at the Capital Hilton. Many courses offered at Capital City 2015 are associated with a GIAC Certification attempt. Put the skills you'll learn...

The growth of the digital economy is fueled by hyper connectivity – Internet of Things, social collaboration, and electronic delivery of services. Whether the challenge is information exchange among medical clinicians to improve patient care, fleet-wide predictive maintenance of marine vessels, or conservation data to protect endangered species, digital data is transforming the way government works. Government agencies collect and manage...

AFCEA Washington, DC invites you to attend the 6th Annual Cybersecurity Technology Summit at the Capital Hilton on April 2, 2015. The summit is the marquee industry day of continuing education and networking for the cybersecurity community. The event brings together over 600 thought-leaders from multiple federal agencies, including DHS and DOD, the Intelligence Community, and others from industry. The event will tackle strategies for addressin...

With nearly 30 years of security experience, we will explore privileged account management challenges facing Federal IT professionals today and highlight our unique methodology for controlling access to your mission critical information. You will learn how asset scanning and auto-discovery techniques can be used to proactively preempt attackers from exploiting privileged and service accounts. You’ll also learn how to create a positive en...

COMPLIMENTARY BRIEFING The Watchful Eye: Mitigating Risk in the Cloud Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Time: 8:00 - 10:30 AMCost: Complimentary Credits: 3 CPEs/CEUs Focus: Government agencies are adopting a Cloud First approach to do more with existing resources while rapidly opening up new ways to meet citizens’ demands to engage with agencies online. Using a pay-as-you-go model, agencies can now access a broad portfolio of middleware...

In 2009, President Obama said, “America's economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cybersecurity.” Despite efforts to improve the government’s ability to thwart cyberattacks, threats like malware, phishing, advanced persistent threats and zero day attacks are continuing to become more common. Cyber professionals are at the core of solving or at least curbing some of these serious issues. But who are these cyber...